The weekend is here and so is our game. Grab you drinks and grab a seat because Arsenal versus Middlebrough is about to start. Boy oh boy does arsenal need to win this desperately. With Manchester United winning their game, they are already two points clear of arsenal and the last thing arsenal needs is to fall back on points. Good news for arsenal fans is that Robin Van Persie is back.
Key man to watch for arsenal will be Cesc Fabregas and Jeremie Aliadiere who is making his return to the Emirates stadium. I think he’s been in good form recently and is very motivated and I am sure we will see him drive the team forward. I am expecting at least a goal from Adebayor. My prediction for the game is, win for arsenal 2-1.
I have to add that it was nice to see Eduardo coming out for the fans; it’s a relief to see that he’s on his way to recovery, even if it is slow. We will all wait for him to recover.
First twenty minutes mainly consisted of arsenal making some good attempts on the goal.It’s been mainly arsenal so far. A goal by Adebayor which was given offside. Weird though there was no sign of van persie during this period and when we did see him he made a horrible miss. Arsenal’s defence looked strong and showed exactly what sort of experience William Gallas and Kolo Toure bring in. I noticed Fabregas really up for this game who is driven the team forward and Eboue too has shown similar effort. There were a few good chances for arsenal for instance the great play by fabregas to cross the ball to adebayor who fails to put any power to the header. Next there was the shot by eboue which we saw hit off the bar. Other than that there weren’t any good shoots just great plays.
There is much for Middlesbrough to brag about in the first 20 mins of the game except for a long shot by Gary ONiel which was no where even close to the goal. But come 25th minute and arsenal has been haunted by Aliadiere, he hits one at the back of the net. A long ball is played to Tucay and he makes a great pass to Aliadiere who scores. The following few minutes consisted of a shaky arsenal side and middlesbrough defence as Robert huth makes a blunder to concede a corner. But Middlesbrough are lucky and arsenal fc can’t make much of it.
Its wasn’t long before arsenal has grouped together again and made a few good attempts on the goal. But middlesbrough defence and goal keeper are looking good. Aint nothing getting past them. What will Arsene Wenger have for the team in half time. They are looking down and falling behind on points. What a night it could turn out for Manchester United. The night the season turned in their favour.
Tags: Arsenal, Football, Match Update, Middlesbrough, Soccer
